This report was focused on my field experience at the Department of Public
Health at Fort Riley Army Installation. The purpose of this report was two-fold. First, I
have outlined and described my experiences with various ...

The history of veterinary medicine is intimately intertwined with duties to public health. This has remained true over centuries, and is becoming even more important with recent significant threats to public health. Despite ...

HIV/AIDS is one of the most devastating health concerns of the developing world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). To address individual food insecurity and malnutrition, numerous small-scale nutrition and agriculture ...

Foodborne illness is a common but in many calls preventable disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported over half of the foodborne illness outbreaks were associated with restaurants. In Kansas, the ...

Oral health is a critical aspect of child development, and dental decay is the most common chronic disease found in children. The goal of my capstone project with the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) was to analyze ...

Rabies is a fatal viral disease that has existed since the antiquity, and is prevalent throughout the world. Wild animals contribute to the spread of this disease to humans and animals in developed nations; however, canines ...

My public health field experience was conducted in McCook, Nebraska at a corporate wellness company called the “Wellness Partners.” They are hired by other companies (which I will often refer to as employer groups or ...

This is a report of field experience completed at the Riley County Health Department (RCHD) in Manhattan, KS. Under the supervision of Linda Redding RN, BSN, MPH and Patti Grub RN, two-hundred and forty hours of field ...

Background
Rabies is a highly fatal viral zoonosis that contributes to at least 55,000 human deaths annually throughout the world. Any mammal is susceptible to the rabies virus, but there are only a few species that are ...

Obesity may be viewed as excess body fat that conveys increased risk for adverse health outcomes. Historically, obesity was rarely seen in children and adults (Haslam, 2007). It was not until the 20th century that obesity ...

Health care providers in Kansas are mandated to report any suspect, probable and confirmed cases of reportable diseases within the required time frame to the local or state health department (KAR 28-1-2). This can be done ...

Outbreaks of human illness have been linked to visiting settings with animal contact throughout developed countries. These outbreaks demonstrate that although contact with animals in public settings can provide educational ...

Worldwide, 60% of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae samples contain harmful toxins that could lead to adverse health effects in both humans and animals. When these bacteria proliferate they are known as Harmful Algal ...

Beef cattle feed lots produce significant, local point source pollution of the atmosphere. The dusts generated in the CAFOs are complex mixture of fine and ultra fine particles, organic compounds, transition metals, and ...

A 2008 multistate foodborne outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul caused more than 1,400 illnesses in the United States (U.S.). Although initial investigations suggested tomatoes as the potential vehicle, jalapeño and serrano ...

My Capstone Field Experience was spent with the Fort Riley Public Health Department in Fort Riley, KS. The experience consisted of two parts. The first included observing and working with the various areas within the Public ...

This report summarizes my experiences as a student extern at the Department of Public Health, Fort Riley, Kansas. This field experience was in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Public Health Program ...

Unintentional childhood injuries are a largely unrecognized and underfunded problem in public health. The burden of childhood injury in mortality and morbidity relative to that of infectious disease has been growing steadily ...

A Community Health Assessment (CHA) is the base on which a community builds a plan for improving and promoting the health of county residents. For our purposes community and county shall be synonymous throughout this ...

The Naugatuck Valley Health Department (NVHD) of Seymour, Connecticut, is the official public health entity for its participating communities. Those employed with NVHD are committed to improving the quality of life for all ...